Newel’s first participation in an antiques show, Avenue Antiques & Art at the Armory Show, has been an incredible learning...
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The Show is Newel
I really love the tag line “The Show is Newel”. It says everything about this company and how antiques are...
For 2011, Bigger Changes
There has never been a time of such dramatic changes in the art and antiques industry. Certainly the last decade...
Doing the Right Thing
One of the best compliments I ever received was from a client who purchased something prior to my ownership of...
Auctioneer Insider Trading, SEC or Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Driving home tonight I heard on the radio a report about a Federal government raid on several hedge funds and...
You Want Vetting?
Besides looking at interesting and good merchandise as presented in a “fancy” antiques show, like the Haughton International Fine Art...
An Antiques Trade Association, For Whom?
Antiques dealers should understand that their interests are not only with the public, but with themselves to survive. They should...
Antiques at Kips Bay, a New Trend?
I have written about my impression of the design trend “D’decade”, Mid-century Modern. It probably hit its zenith several years...
Deflation in the Antiques Trade
The “go-go” years of the antiques trade in the 1980s relished the economy’s inflationary bias. The effect on prices for...
The First Place to Go For Industry Change
Sometime you have to look at the gift horse and wonder why and where did you come from? For the...